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April 2025

 

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New For You - Biographies - April 2025

New biographies and memoirs of the famous, the interesting and everyday people.

New For You Biographies
 

Website

Illustrated Biographies

Graphic novels telling stories of people's lives - topics include art, music, travel, LGBTQIA+, love, loss, war, health (medical & mental).

"Andy Warhol" by Botton, Michele
"The Circuit" by Rostan, Andrew
"Aristotle" by Apostolidis, T.
"Continental Drifter" by Macleod, Kathy
"Charles M. Schulz" by Kuki, Yuzuru
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New in Biography & Memoir

New

"Band of Sisters" by Maynial, Philippe, 1947-
"Central Otago Couture" by Malthus, Jane
"Black Panther Woman" by Phillips, Mary Frances
"Chameleon" by Dessaix, Robert, 1944-
"Careless People" by Wynn-Williams, Sarah
"The Convoy" by Umubyeyi Mairesse, Beata, 1979-
"Central Otago Couture" by Malthus, Jane
New biographies

Aotearoa

"No Words for This" by Mau, Alison, 1965-
"Unveiled" by Pratt, Theophila
"Careless People" by Wynn-Williams, Sarah
"Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World" by Shaw, Ruth (Bookseller)
"No Words for This" by Mau, Alison, 1965-
"Central Otago Couture" by Malthus, Jane
"Unveiled" by Pratt, Theophila
NZ biographies

eAudiobooks

"The Rebel Romanov" by Rappaport, Helen, 1947-
"Expect Great Things!" by Krefft, Vanda
"Careless People" by Wynn-Williams, Sarah
"Whale Eyes" by Robinson, James (Filmmaker)
"Leonardo Da Vinci" by Campbell, Stephen J. 1963-
"The Loves of My Life" by White, Edmund, 1940-
"Expect Great Things!" by Krefft, Vanda
New eAudiobook biographies

eBooks

"The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice" by Alznauer, Amy
"Yayoi Kusama" by Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel
"William Kamkwamba" by Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel
"Magic in A Drop of Water" by Winterbottom, Julie
"The Endless Sea" by Thai, Chi
"No Words for This" by Mau, Alison, 1965-
"Yayoi Kusama" by Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel
New eBook biographies
 

Exhibitions

Event

Exhibition: Tuakiri Investigates: Diaries and Letters Home
Series

Apr 23rd, All day

Tūranga

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Personal letters, diaries, photos, records & medals from our Archives. Read what the war was really like for local lads. On until 25 May.

Video

In conversation with Liane Moriarty

Watch BorrowBox's recent Author Talk with Liane Moriarty and other great authors talk about their work on BorrowBox's YouTube Channel.

 

Biography - Women in Science

Women have been behind great breakthroughs in science. Others have explored scientific fields, telling their own stories in the process.

More biography & memoir picks
 

Coming soon

The Gloomy Girl Variety Show by Freda Epum

This debut memoir maps the complexity of life under intersecting forms of oppression, revealing what it takes to turn from the brink of despair toward community and self-acceptance.

 

Easter and Anzac Day hours

  • Friday 18 April: All libraries are closed on Good Friday
  • Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 April aren't public holidays, so libraries will be open their normal hours except Linwood Library at Eastgate will be closed on Easter Sunday.
  • Monday 21 April: Our central library Tūranga is open from 10am to 5pm. All other libraries are closed on Easter Monday.
  • Friday 25 April: All libraries are closed on Anzac Day.
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